''Wallaceodoxa'' is a genus of palm (family
Arecaceae
The Arecaceae is a family of perennial flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm trees ...
), in the subtribe
Ptychospermatinae
Ptychospermatinae is a palm tree subtribe in the tribe Areceae.
Genera:
*'' Adonidia''
*'' Balaka''
*'' Brassiophoenix''
*'' Carpentaria''
*'' Drymophloeus''
*'' Jailoloa''
*'' Manjekia''
*'' Normanbya''
*'' Ponapea''
*'' Ptychococcus''
*'' Pty ...
. It has only one currently accepted species, ''Wallaceodoxa raja-ampat'', native to the
Raja Ampat Islands
Raja Ampat, or the ''Four Kings'', is an archipelago located off the northwest tip of Bird's Head Peninsula on the island of New Guinea, in Indonesia's Southwest Papua province. It comprises over 1,500 small islands, cays, and shoals surrounding ...
off the
Bird's Head Peninsula
The Bird's Head Peninsula ( Indonesian: ''Kepala Burung'', nl, Vogelkop) or Doberai Peninsula (''Semenanjung Doberai''), is a large peninsula that makes up the northwest portion of the island of New Guinea, comprising the Indonesian provinces o ...
of New Guinea.
It grows on limestone soils.
References
Ptychospermatinae
Monotypic Arecaceae genera
Endemic flora of Western New Guinea
Plants described in 2014
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